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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I don't believe anybody is saying we are seeing more concussions now because of a decline in tackling technique. But there are all sorts of rules out there that were considered the "sissification" of the sport in their time, and all this crying about "two hand touch" is just the same nonsense we've heard before. Football is incredibly violent. You can take away clothesline tackles, eye gouging and blows to the head, but it's still incredibly violent. Bigger stronger faster guys than ever before are running into each other with violent intentions, and that will remain the core of football forever.
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    I like him there a lot as well. A slot receiver can get a lot of passes thrown to them, with all sorts of underneath stuff that can occasionally be turned into homeruns. That's Hester's greatest value.
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    Being worse than most #1s is pointless, becuase he's not a number 1, and it doesn't even matter. For what you are saying to be true, he would have to be the 49th best WR in the game, and I don't see anyway that is possible. There are not 48 better receivers. He fits combortably in with most #2 capable receivers, and is easily in the 30-40 range of best WR, which is a valuable thing. He was 46th in yards this year, with 9 TE's on that list. He was tied for 42nd in receptions, with 11 TE and RB on that list as well. Plus, Hester missed games to injury and he played on a team with an average passing game, and no complementary playmaker to make his job easier. If you can trade him for a 2nd round pick, go right ahead, but Devin Hester has handled the transition to WR well and is a perfectly acceptable option at the position.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    As the season wore on, Cutler seemed to take Olsen away from himself, and for some reason Turner took Olsen away from Cutler on far too many red zone plays throughout the season. Olsen averaged 4 receptions per game over the first 11, including two 1 reception games early on. He averaged 5 receptions in the middle portion of the schedule. But he had just 3 receptions per game over the last 5, and that was propped up by one game against Detroit. If Martz's offense is actually going to feature Olsen even less than he has been featured so far, in a career where he hasn't exactly lived up to the hype, then I'm not sure keeping him does Cutler or the offense any favors if the other option is getting a high draft pick.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Good comparison...other than TD's, their stats are pretty close, and that's with Hester having not played for 3 games late in the season. I wonder why the perception out there is that he was pretty mediocre then. I know that's what my perception has been... Maybe some of our expectations were too high. I think the perception comes from lofty comparisons to Steve Smith and insistence on talking of him as a #1. If the Bears had one really good WR, people would look at what Hester has done and call it what it is, nice production. Instead, he's the best they've got and he's not better than most people's best.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    lol...sorry Jersey, but that phrase..."could be pretty close to great" gave me a chuckle. Have you seen Hester do anything "pretty close to great" as a receiver? I mean...if I'd seen a sign of it somewhere, I'd be with ya here...but so far, I've seen an average receiver at best. Yes, I have. I've seen the guy get open deep multiple times, and practically take over portions of games with slants. I've seen flashes of near great receiver work. He'll never be Larry Fitzgerald or one of those elite receivers, but he could easily be an very productive receiver, let alone above average, which he already clearly is. He essentially did what Percy Harvin did this year, and Percy has more experience as a receiver and is in a much better situation for a receiver. Nobody just thinks Percy is average. Devin is already a perfectly acceptable number 2 reciever, which is highly valuable to any team that relies on the passing game.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think Angelo will trade away a talented young player just because of a potential stop-gap offensive coordinator. Depends on how stop-gap Angelo views Martz, in relation to his own level of job security. It's in Angelo's best interest to make the 2010 Bears as good as possible, to keep everybody employed. Martz could easily be here beyond one year, and quite frankly I'd be willing to bet he's the OC in 2011 in response to all the people who insist this is a one year deal. And of course, any deal would involved getting back serious value, which if it involves draft picks should be very enticing. Olsen hasn't come close to living up to the hype or draft status, if they have an OC they can't take advantage of him, he will be gone via free agency before they get an opportunity to actually have him produce for the team.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    sounds like you can maybe take your time to respond, then be noncommital for a while as you assess your preferred seats, and then hope they run out of those limited options.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, it the short term though, I'm really not missing out. I'm still able to get decent seats to games when I come to Chicago. It does suck in regards to not having playoff options and such, however. If I didn't think it would be too big of a hassle to unload tickets to all those other games, I would go ahead and get them. But right now, it isn't right for me. Do you stay at the head of the line until you are ready, or is there a penalty for turning down the opportunity?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    In my opinion they will win a little more than half the games they play.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, I'm not really sure anybody can justify calling that crooked. It was a failed short-lived franchise.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    And a hell of a lot more entertainment options now than back then, so misleading isn't particularly accurate.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    There was just no way Hester was going to have a long career of being a dynamic kick returner. Turning him into a receiver was the right decision. Who said anything about long career? When you have a player who has a certain skill, milk that skill as long as you can! Instead, we tried to mold him into something he's not great at, and paid him handsomely for it. He's a good reciever, and could be pretty close to great, which is much more valuable than a return man. The team wasn't any good then anyway, so they missed out on nothing by having him go to receiver.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Stripping the ball with your hands is a much better way to force a fumble. And this has nothing to do with 2 hand touch. Contact will still be ridiculously violent.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    There was just no way Hester was going to have a long career of being a dynamic kick returner. Turning him into a receiver was the right decision.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Actually proper enforcement should make tackling better, as the style now is to not even try to wrap up, but rather hit as hard as possible.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    You can expect the player to assist in making the tackle instead of just teeing off on a guy. If any and all contact is penalized, that's one thing, but if they are looking at penalties against the cheap shots I'd have no problem with it. If their only intention is to hit a guy really hard with a shoulder or helmet, they aren't really trying to make the tackle. Force them to spread their arms and make a tackle.
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  19. jersey cubs fan
    I hate opening up at night, and that sucks since I would otherwise absolutely go to that game, but tickets will be impossible now.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Yes. Players in the minors don't count against the cap. However, the player has to be a two-way player in order to be sent to the minors. Can a player reject a trip to minor leagues? Why haven't we suggested doing this in the past with him or Campbell? It sounds sketchy if the Hawks trade for Thomas and then drop Huet to Rockford. I feel like the league office would frown on that behavior. This option has been discussed many times, it just doesn't make a lot of sense when you consider you would be paying a lot of money to a servicable player to not play for you (especially in Campbell's case). I believe the player has to clear waivers on the way down, when a team can take him and his contract, but there's something about clearing them again on the way up as well.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/02/bears-name-marinelli-defensive-coordinator.html It wasn't hard to do, but I think I predicted at one point that Martz and Marinelli would get the coordinator jobs, and that's where we are now that the coaching search is apparently over.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    but not the whole box
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Kosuke doesn't become a FA until after the 2011 season, which would mean somebody would be taking over in 2012, three seasons away, not next year. That could be the earliest you could hope to see Burke, if you see him at all.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    If you are not counting Castro, I'd say Brett Jackson. I'm not looking forward to or anticipating Vitters season at all, as I fear the worst with him. I'd be very excited to see Jackson build on his 2009 and emerge as a legit potential 2011 contributor. Also, given the lack of stability at his position, and the value he'd bring by playing that position, there's a lot of hope there.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Starlin Castro, bar none. A potential franchise shortstop is an incredibly valuable thing.
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